Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a non-denominational burial ground located in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California. It was established in 1904 as a 72-acre cemetery.^[1] It includes traditional burial plots, a mausoleum and a columbarium.^[1]

Context view of "Pigpen" McKernan's headstone at Alta Mesa

Notable burials[]

• Thomas A. Bailey, American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Arthur Bridgman Clark, architect, professor, first Mayor of Mayfield
• Birge Clark, architect
• Tennessee Ernie Ford, musician^[2]
• Wilhelmina Harper, successful children's author in the 1930s and 1940s, and published more than 40 compilations of children and young adult stories
• Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. (unmarked grave)^[3][4]
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, keyboardist, harmonica player and lead vocalist, founding member of the Grateful Dead^[5]
• Kathleen Thompson Norris, American novelist
• David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense^[3]
• Herold Ruel, major-league American baseball player^[6]
• William Shockley, developed transistor and won Nobel Prize for Physics
• Frederick Terman, considered (along with Shockley) the father of Silicon Valley^[4]
• Shirley Temple, American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant^[4]
• Y.A. Tittle, football player
• Stephen Timoshenko, Professor of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University and namesake of the Timoshenko Medal
• Sidney Dean Townley, Professor of Astronomy, Stanford University
• Ray Lyman Wilbur, physician, third president of Stanford University and 31st U.S. Secretary of the Interior^[4] (cremated, but not interred here^{[citation needed]})
• Bertha Wright, founder of the Children's Hospital Oakland

References[]

External links[]

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alta Mesa Cemetery
• Alta Mesa Memorial Park at Find a Grave

Coordinates: 37°23′54″N 122°07′43″W / 37.39833°N 122.12861°W / 37.39833; -122.12861